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Bravura ups guidance, reports earnings increase

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2026
Bravura Solutions informed investors cost discipline will protect its full year earnings result after a client migrated to a Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) early in the year. The financial services technology provider has updated its full year earnings ...

ASIC cancels Trive Financial's AFSL as review into CFDs continues

VINNY VUCAGO  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2026
ASIC has cancelled the Australian financial services licence (AFSL) of contracts for difference (CFD) issuer Trive Financial Services Australia, after determining the company was no longer carrying on a financial services business in Australia. The ...

HESTA executive jumps ship to Cbus

VINNY VUCAGO  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2026
A C-suite executive from HESTA has taken on a new role as chief member officer at Cbus, effective October. HESTA confirmed chief engagement and growth officer Joshua Parisotto will depart after more than six years with the fund. Parisotto first joined ...

Singaporean VC snags Natixis head of distribution

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2026
The former Natixis Investment Manager head of wholesale distribution has joined a Singaporean venture capital firm to lead its distribution and client relationship management across the Tasman Sea. After closing a four-year chapter at Natixis, Jason ...

June adviser exam registers 72% pass rate

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2026
ASIC reported a 71.7% pass rate in the latest round of financial adviser exam results. Some 209 people sat the exam, including 137 first-timers, in June. Of the first-timers, 75.9% or 104 passed the exam. To date, 22,748 individual candidates have sat ...

ASIC ceases a further 26 authorisations after review

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2026
ASIC has completed the review on the Financial Advisers Register (FAR) relating to compliance with the qualifications standard that took effect on 1 January 2026, as adviser numbers plummeted below 15,000 entering the new financial year. The review ...

ASIC calls out platform trustees: 'Clear breach of trust'

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2026
ASIC has called out superannuation trustees for not doing enough to protect retirement savings of Australians on platforms even after repeated warnings from regulators about the dangers of poor oversight. ASIC's report Safeguarding super: How well are ...

HSBC Bank fined $35m in landmark scam-protection failures

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2026
HSBC Bank Australia has been hit with a $35 million penalty after admitting to widespread and systemic failures in protecting customers from scams. Following a Federal Court hearing in Melbourne on June 18, Justice Bennett handed down the penalty and ...

Former fund manager admits to obstructing SEC probe

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2026
Former Western Asset Management co-chief investment officer Ken Leech pleaded guilty to obstructing an investigation into a fraudulent trading scheme that disadvantaged certain clients. At the US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York ...

ASIC to take 'balanced' stance on super advertising ban rules

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2026
The corporate regulator said it promises to take a "balanced" approach to enforcing new rules around any advertising of superannuation funds during the employee onboarding process, which take effect in a few weeks. From July 1, trustees and employers ...
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